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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 11/9/2006, you wrote:

> I scoffed at the idea of "them" lowering gas prices just to make
> things better before the election, now I find myself wondering.

I originally thought they may be manipulating prices for the election then 
looked into the matter a big.  Demand for oil is slipping a bit after the 
summer drive season, China is slowing a bit as is the rest of the world, no 
major hurricanes affected Gulf oil pumps and refineries, and oil storage 
stocks were up.  As collaboration other indicators such as copper have slipped.

Now that the election has passed oil is once again over $60 and headed up 
so I guess they were manipulated for political gain though thankfully it 
did little good.  Gold and silver are headed up, aluminum is steady, and 
copper is headed down.  Copper is used in many things from printed circuit 
boards to house wiring.  As the economy cools demand is cooling rapidly, 
copper was well over $3.80 this summer and now it is down to $3.12.  Gold 
was down to about $560 a month ago and is now $630


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> From erthnsky AT bellsouth.net  Fri Nov 10 12:45:10 2006
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I'm not sure anything is out of bounds for this list so I am posting
this here.  If it *is* too political, just ignore it.
Here is my question for you:
For those who are happy about the change of power, what do you hope the
Democrats will be able to accomplish in the next two years that would
not have been accomplished otherwise?  Please don't be vague and say
something like "healthcare reform".  Try to be as specific as possible.
 For example, if you expect to see ALL the troops home, say that, or
maybe you expect to have 90% of the troops home.
Sorry for the start of a possible firestorm here, but I am just curious
as to what people expect to happen as a result of the change.  I'll be
reading and learning.  Thanks.

Bev
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BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm   NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
34.498N 85.076W    Bev is Earth, Ron is Sky